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NITED STATES EDlVARD E. GREENE, OF NEW' YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TOIIIl\i[SELI AND GAMALIEL R. CHRISTIE, OF SAME PLACE.

COMBINED WALKING-STICK AND UMBRELLA.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 572,983, dated December15, 1896.. Application filed January 13, 1896. $e1ial No. 575,203. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD E. GREENE, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of New York city, county of New York, and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a CombinedWValking-Stick and Umbrella, of which the following is a specification,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a partthereof, in which similar letters and numerals of reference indicatecorresponding parts.

This invention relates to improvements in combined walking-sticks andumbrellas, and has for its object to provide an article of thischaracter which will be durable, inexpensive, and operative.

The device will comprise few and simple parts, which will be assembledin such a m anncr as to admit of very rapid adjustment.

The invention will be hereiuafter fully described, and specifically setforth in the annexed claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical elevation of myimproved walkingstick and umbrella. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevationthereof, and Fig. 3 is a folded view of the telescopical casing formingpart of my device.

In the practice of my invention I provide an umbrella A. with acontracted stick or rod a and an enlarged handle a.

To the lower end of the handle a is attached a ring I). Said ring isprovided with an annular groove 1), which engages with a flange c of acollar 0. This said collar is provided with an interior thread 0 whichen gages with a threaded flange cl on the upper section 1 of thetelescopic casing 13. This said casing comprises a series of tubular andconical sections 1, 2, 3, and at, the lower section thereof beingsupplied with a ferrule c, which should be composed of some hard anddurable metal. The sections themselves are preferably composed ofaluminium; *but they may be made of celluloid, gutta-percha, or otherdesirable material, and in practice they should be painted or stained toa color exactly matching the handle of the umbrella, whereby the generalappearance of a cane or walking-stick is maintained when the casing isextended and secured to the umbrella, as shown in Fig. 1. v

The handle of the umbrella is further provided at its outer end with ascrew-cap which can be removed and attached to the threaded flange cl ofthe section 1 of the telescopic casing when said casing is folded, asclearly illustrated in Fig. 3.

The cap f and the collar 0 should be made of some valuable metal-such assilver, for instanceand they may be ornamented by any suitable design topreserve the appearance of a cane when the device is being carried assuch.

hen it is desired to use the umbrella, it is simply necessary to revolvethe collar 0 until it is out of engagement with the flange (Z of thecasing, when the several sections of said casing may be readily folded,as illustrated in Fig. 8, and when the cap f is adjusted it will be seenthat the sections cannot become permanently separated from each other,while at the same time they form a small and compact package adapted tobe easily carried in the pocket.

To insure that the umbrella will not rattle or move within its casing,the section 4: of the said casing is provided with a deep socket e,which is adapted to tightly hold the lower end of the stick or rod a ofthe umbrella. lVhen the casing is folded, a slight pull will readilydetach said section from the stick.

The operation of attaching the casing to the handle is performed in amanner similar to that of detaching the same, with the exception thatthe collar 0 must be revolved in an opposite direction.

Ido not claim the construction of a combined walking-stick and umbrellabroadly, as I am aware that the same has been patented and used; but Ihave contrived a novel construction and arrangement of parts which arebetter adapted for the purpose and simpler than any known to me.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

As a new article of manufacture, a combined walking-stick and umbrellaconsisting of umbrella A, having a stick a, handle a, ring I) in lowerend of handle a, said ring fss having annular grooves I) engagingwith Intestimony that I claim the foregoing as flange c of collar 0, saidcollar having an inmy invention I have signed mynaine', in pres- 1oterior thread a engaging with flange d in upence of two Witnesses, this7th day of January, per section of casing B, having a ferrule e, 1896.

a screw-cap f attached to said handle and a EDYVARD E. GREENE. socket ein the lower end'of the casing B, \Vitnesses:

all operating substantially as shown and de- M. MAOLEAN,

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